For real, depends on how old the kid was but young kids can be fucking psychos and still grow up to be normal, empathetic people. Especially with something like a sparrow, an 8- or 10-year-old kid who doesn't have a pet itself might simply not understand just how awful of an action that is and just do it because it was told not to.
Seriously, I know this is really bad but kids are really dumb and generally have no idea what they're doing. Can't even blame the parent.
Kids can be shits no matter how hard the parent tries
For real, depends on how old the kid was but young kids can be fucking psychos and still grow up to be normal, empathetic people. Especially with something like a sparrow, an 8- or 10-year-old kid who doesn't have a pet itself might simply not understand just how awful of an action that is and just do it because it was told not to.
Seriously, I know this is really bad but kids are really dumb and generally have no idea what they're doing. Can't even blame the parent.
Also kids shouldn't be strangled to death for stepping on a bird